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American Fantasy

  1. American Fantasy (The Spirit of '76, Yankee Doodle, Dixie, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Army Air Corps, Caissons Go Rolling Along, Marines' Hymn, Anchors Aweigh, Stars & Strips Forever)
  2. Ol' Man River
  3. George M. Cohan Medley (Yankee Doodle Dandy, Give My Regards To Broadway, Mary's A Grand Old Name, Over There, You're A Grand Old Flag)
  4. Jim Webb Medley (Up, Up & Away, By The Time I Get To Phoenix, MacArthur Park)
  5. Wild Turkeys
  6. Stephen Foster Fantasy (Old Black Joe, Swanee River, Oh Susanna, I Dream Of Jeanie, Camptown Races)
Ferrante & Teicher: American Fantasy (Avant-Garde)
About this album: 

Mixologist: SCOTT SMITH
Re-mix Engineer: DAVE BROCK—UNITED RECORDING—KANSAS CITY, MO
Musical Co-ordinator: HENRY FERRANTE
Concert Grand Photography: DICK YERKESON
Cover Concept & Design: Wm. S HARVEY

FERRANTE & TEICHER PLAY BALDWIN SD-10 CONCERT GRAND PIANOS

Availability: 

Lp: Avant-Garde / Bainbridge AVG-1003
CD: Bainbridge BCD6266

Liner notes: 

AMERICAN FANTASY is one of the most delightful, high-spirited recordings of Americana ever released.  Just their two grand pianos project all the feeling and power of a full orchestra; yet their individual sensitivity and humour com shining through… from the rousing Sousa and Cohan to the gentle Webb and Foster. And, for those who enjoyed the prepared-piano antics of “African Echoes” (from “30th Anniversary On Stage”), “Wild Turkeys” offers an encore of that amazing technique.

With all the dozens of albums that have been released by these dazzling duo-pianists, one wonders how they manage to make each one fresh and exciting. Is it the careful choice of songs and themes, or the very obvious devotion to and enthusiasm for their art? Perhaps, it’s their gifted hands. Or, it could be (as we think it is) a combination of all of the above. Whatever you think—they’ve done it again!